Title: American Big Game Fishing Author: Connett, Eugene V., ed. Place: London Publisher: Hutchinson & Co. for The Derrydale Press Date: [1935] Description: Illustrated with plates from drawings by Lynn Bogue Hunt and from photographs. (4to) original blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, dust jacket. One of 950 copies. First Edition. Chapters of fishing and fishing experiences by Ernest Hemingway, Van Campen Heilner, S. Kip Farrington, Lynn Bogue Hunt Francis Low, Charles Lehman and others. According to the jacket, "the most important book on its subject ever published. Its physical beauty is commensurate with its importance, making it the cornerstone of the big game fisherman's library." Derrydale Bibliography notes that this is the first book published to cover all big game fishing on both the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. Bookplate of Jeffrey Norton. Rare in jacket. Lot Amendments Condition: Jacket browned and with some spotting, tape repairs on verso; volume fine, jacket very good. Item number: 276957
Title: American Big Game Fishing Author: Connett, Eugene V., ed. Place: London Publisher: Hutchinson & Co. for The Derrydale Press Date: [1935] Description: Illustrated with plates from drawings by Lynn Bogue Hunt and from photographs. (4to) original blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, dust jacket. One of 950 copies. First Edition. Chapters of fishing and fishing experiences by Ernest Hemingway, Van Campen Heilner, S. Kip Farrington, Lynn Bogue Hunt Francis Low, Charles Lehman and others. According to the jacket, "the most important book on its subject ever published. Its physical beauty is commensurate with its importance, making it the cornerstone of the big game fisherman's library." Derrydale Bibliography notes that this is the first book published to cover all big game fishing on both the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. Bookplate of Jeffrey Norton. Rare in jacket. Lot Amendments Condition: Jacket browned and with some spotting, tape repairs on verso; volume fine, jacket very good. Item number: 276957
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